(‘I’m married!’ he says with excitement.) ‘《》’ is called ‘书名号(shū míng hào)’. As the name implies, this mark aims to indicate a book, magazine or a name of a song, a drama and so forth. wǒ xǐ huɑn ōu nèi sī tè·mǐ lè ěr·hǎi mínɡ wēi xiě de...
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(bù lùn zuò shén me shì qíng, dōu xū yào chí xù de nǔ lì, bì jìng “luó mǎ bú shì yī tiān jiàn chéng de) Whatever you do, you need to put in constant effort. After all, “Rome wasn’t built in a day” 2. Used to mark the name or title of something: ...
Alternatively, you could use GREP (globally search a regular expression and print), asRalf Herrmann demonstratesfor Adobe InDesign. However, there are issues with this. I am not prepared to do a mass find-and-replace without seeing what the find-and-replace is actually doing to the text. I...
InaTimemagazineessay,"InPraiseoftheHumbleComma,"authorPicoIyercomparesthecommato"aflashingyellowlightthatasksusonlytoslowdown."Butwhendoweneedtoflashthatlight,andwhenisitbettertoletthesentencerideonthroughwithoutinterruption?Herewe'llconsiderfourmainguidelinesforusingcommaseffectively.Butkeepinmindthattheseareonly...
Whentheclassisover,wewillruntothecanteen.Sincetheaccident,hehaslosthislegs.•PPT里面都是照抄课本上的句子，能否精简一点，比如这个句子Acommaisusedtojoincoordinate clauses.Itisputbeforetheconjunction(and,but,or,for,so,nor,oryet),•andithavetobejoinedwithacommaandaconjunction.•e.g:Hurryup,orwe’...
If it’s singular, whether a surname or first name, it should be apostrophe + “s.” I don’t care whether it’s James or John, Jones or Smith. If you’re talking about something that belongs to him, always add apostrophe “s.” For example, James’s bike. Mr. Jones’s house....
(I liked theplayMacbeth, but not the character of that name.) Correct:Timemagazine carried a review ofBlade Runner,the film based on the novelDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (The periodical, film, and book title are all italicized or underlined. Note that the question mark is italicize...
Tipsforusingperiods•Declarativesentences•Mildlyimperativesentences•Indirectquestions(Seeexamplesonthetextbook.)Note1 •Don’tuseaperiodafteranacronym（首字母缩略词）(awordmadeupofthecapitalizedfirstlettersofthenamesofanorganization,anewsagencyandabroadcastingcorporation)Note2 •Threeperiodstogetheriscalledthe...
I agree with Bruce on this one, “in and of itself” is so overly used, it has lost all meaning besides conversation filler for windbags. Since when did adjectives, in and of themselves, become pretentious?“Alas poor Yorick, I knew him personally, Horatio”. “What’s in a name, in...